Follo FK

Follo Fotballklubb is a football club from Ski, Akershus, Norway.

Follo FK
Full nameFollo Fotballklubb
Founded29 September 2000 (29 September 2000)
GroundSki stadion, Ski
Capacity2,500
ChairmanJan Thomas Birkeland
ManagerAnders Særvold
League3. divisjon
20193. divisjon, group 2, 3rd of 14[1]

Follo play in light blue, and their home ground is Ski stadion. It was founded in September 2000 and their biggest achievement was playing in the 2010 Norwegian Football Cup Final.

History

It was founded in September 2000 as an umbrella team for the football departments of five local teams; Ås IL, Oppegård IL, Langhus IL, Ski IL and Nordby IL.

Follo's had a good Norwegian Cup run in 2006, when they made it all the way to the quarter finals, eventually losing at home 0-1 to the cup finalists Sandefjord. But on the way to the quarters they beat defending holders Molde.

Four years later, in 2010, they made it to the Norwegian Cup final, beating Tippeligaen club Lillestrøm 4-2 in the third round, and then later Rosenborg 3-2 in the semi finals. Rosenborg were at the time unbeaten and on top of the Tippeligaen, while Follo were at the bottom of the Adeccoligaen. NRK's match commentator Hallvar Thoresen dubbed Follo's victory against Rosenborg the greatest Norwegian cup shock of all time.[2] In the first cup final in the club's history, Follo lost 2-0 against Strømsgodset.

Thus, despite attaining their best league and cup finish ever, Follo were still relegated to the third tier of Norwegian football. The team managed to stay clear of the relegation zone by the margin of a single point, but were still relegated on account of a clerical error in which they did not finish their application for a 2011 license in time for the 15 September deadline.[3]

Before the 2011 Second Division, Follo was considered as one of the favourites to earn promotion back to Adeccoligaen,[4] but when the season was finished Follo was number ten, only four points clear of another relegation.

On July 13, 2012, four players (three of them from Follo) were arrested by police due to match fixing allegations in games involving Follo and Asker Fotball. [5] Follo's 4-3 loss after being 3-0 up by Østsiden IL was deemed suspicious because of the odd score line and high bettings placed on this game.[6] The 2012 season saw Follo earn promotion, but the club was relegated after only one season in the First Division.

Recent history
Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2006 1. divisjon 15 306717 467625 Quarterfinal Relegated to the 2. divisjon
2007 2. divisjon 5 261448 483049 Second round
2008 2. divisjon 6 261079 443537 Second round
2009 2. divisjon 1 261934 592560 Second round Promoted to the 1. divisjon
2010 1. divisjon 12 288812 354332 Final Relegated to the 2. divisjon because license was revoked
2011 2. divisjon 10 247512 475126 First round
2012 2. divisjon 1 261826 582856 First round Promoted to the 1. divisjon
2013 1. divisjon 15 309219 405727 Third round Relegated to the 2. divisjon
2014 2. divisjon 1 262132 971666 Third round Promoted to the 1. divisjon
2015 1. divisjon 13 308913 424333 Second round Relegated to the 2. divisjon
2016 2. divisjon 5 261259 483941 First round
2017 2. divisjon 14 266416 285822 First round Relegated to the 3. divisjon
2018 3. divisjon 6 26989 394735 First round
2019 3. divisjon 3 261637 442751 First round

Achievements

Current squad
As of 22 February 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  NOR Knut-André Skjærstein
2 DF  NOR Jamal Ali Ataya
4 DF  NOR Rune Gravdal
5 DF  NOR Halvard Simonsen
6 MF  NOR Tore André Hagbø Sørås
7 DF  ALB Misim Memishi
8 MF  NOR Fredrik Levorstad
10 FW  KVX Dardan Dreshaj
13 GK  NOR Jonas Grønstad
14 DF  NOR Anders Lübeck (Captain)
15 MF  NOR Halvor Raddum
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  NOR Håvard Haugen Dalseth
17 MF  NOR William Pozo
18 MF  NOR Sivert Strangstad
19 FW  NOR Julius Skaug
21 MF  NOR Simen Vedvik
20 MF  NOR Shadi Ali
22 DF  NOR Torbjørn Asbjørnsen
23 MF  AFG Hassan Rahmani
24 DF  NOR Nikolai Grefslie
25 DF  NOR Thomas Lillo

References
  1. "Norsk Tipping-ligaen avd 2 2019". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  2. "Innbytter skjøt Follo til cupfinalen!". VG (in Norwegian). 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
  3. "Sandnes Ulf berget plassen i Adeccoligaen". TV 2 (in Norwegian). 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
  4. "Moss, Follo og Notodden rykker opp". Moss Avis (in Norwegian). 20 January 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  5. Three more arrests in Norway's match-fixing probe - Guardian
  6. Norway authorities team up to beat match-fixing - Guardian
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